From: Gregory Seidman <gsslist+ruby@...>
Date: 2006-03-18T01:49:42+09:00
Subject: Re: c/c++ enum equivalent?

On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 01:42:51AM +0900, benjohn@fysh.org wrote:
} I'd like to fill a module with valueless constants (because I don't care
} about the actual values, just that they are uneque, and named) - is that
} a good thing to do, and can I do that? :)
} 
} I tried:
} 
} module AnEnum
}   :ValueOne
}   :ValueTwo
}   ...
} end
} 
} But mentioning a constant's sysmbol doesn't define it.

Those are symbols, not constants. And they are what you want. You don't
need to define them anywhere. They are defined by being used.

--Greg